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Features: DVD, French, Spanish, Subtitled, Biographies, Film Highlights, Notes, Trailers, Pan and Scan (TV Format), Widescreen
Only two casting choices exist to play the Devil: Old Scratch himself...and Jack Nicholson. The Witches of Eastwick took the better actor and the slyest, sexiest supernatural comedy-thriller earned New York and Los Angeles Film Critics Best Actor Awards for the two-time Oscar® winner. Three modern-day "witches" (Cher, Susan Sarandon and Michelle Pfeiffer) yearn for Mr. Right in a New England town. Is the arrival of wealthy and irresistible Daryl Van Horne (Nicholson) a coincidence - or the women's unconscious sorcery at work? Based on the bestseller, The Witches of Eastwick is a star-bright otherworldly delight.
"Deliciously demonic. A devilishly good time." Gene Shalit, The Today Show, NBC-TV
"Raunchy fun, with Nicholson over-acting wildly..." VideoHound's Golden Movie Retriever
Editor's Note
Based on John Updike's best-seller, this comic battle of the sexes is coupled with supernatural thriller overtones. Three beautiful unmarried residents of a small New England town seem to have conjured up "Mr. Right." But just who is this rich, eccentric and charismatic stranger?
Plot Summary
In the tranquil New England town of Eastwick reside three best friends: sexy dark-haired Alexandra, emotional redhead Jane, and intelligent blonde Sukie. Bored and dateless, this trio of divorced "witches" decide to conjure up their perfect man. He arrives in the form of Daryl Van Horn, who's charismatic, intelligent, and quite literally a "horny little devil". After Daryl easily seduces each witch by tapping into and exploiting her individual needs, the foursome begin living together in communal bliss. But soon the three women realize that Daryl is not the man of their dreams after all, and abandon him. But unfortunately for the lovely trio, hell hath no fury like The Devil scorned...
| Features | Spanish Subtitles | | French Subtitles | | English 5.1 Surround Dolby Digital | | Production Notes | | Enhanced For 16X9 TV | | English Subtitles | | French Dolby Digital Surround | | Interactive Menus | | Theatrical Trailer |
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Release Information
| | Studio: Warner |
| Release Date: 11/10/2009 |
| Running Time: 118 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1987 | | Catalog ID: 11741 | | UPC: 00085391174127 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English, French Dubbed | | Available Subtitles: English, French, Spanish | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | 2.35:1, 4:3 |
| Cast & Crew
| Awards |
Oscar (1988) | | | John Williams, Nominee, Best Original Musical Score | | | Wayne Artman, et al., Nominee, Best Sound | |
British Academy Awards (1988) |  | Ed Jones, et al., Winner, Best Special Effects |
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| | Professional Reviews | Variety
"...A brilliantly conceived metaphor for the battle between the sexes....Vilmos Zsigmond's photography creates a deeply saturated, supra-real environment where anything can happen and does..." 06/10/1987USA Today
"...The film's casting dynamics are even more interesting today..." 09/12/1997 p.2D Leonard Maltin's Movie & Video Guide 8 of 10
Lively, colorful fantasy... Magnetic performances and handsome production keep it entertaining throughout, though it careens wildly from sensual fantasy to black-comic farce to full-throttle horror...
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